That's Not Metal

A lot of heavy feelings this week sadly, with the losses of Bo Lueders, James Lollar of Gost, and Ross the Boss. Elsewhere the Kreator/Carcass/Exodus/Nails package lights up the UK, Damnation 2026 unveil all their headliners, Converge unveil a second album, and another messed up story comes out of the world of hardcore so... yeah, one of those weeks.Releases:Don Broco - Nightmare TrippingBlack Label Society - Engines of DemolitionMyrath - Wilderness of MirrorsMoodring - death fetishChamber - this is goodbye…A Winter’s Remorse - The Day Our Gods Abandoned UsConcealer - This Room Could Be HeavenDivine Chaos - Hate ReactorZerre - Rotting on a Golden ThroneThe Twilight Sad - It’s the Long GoodbyeTigers Jaw - Lost on YouFree Throw - Moments Before the WindWinterfylleth - The Unyielding SeasonKëkht Aräkh - Morning StarCruel Force - HanedaCryptworm - Infectious Pathological WasteGrowth - Under the UnderEnslaved & Storm Weather Shanty Choir - Enslaved & Storm Weather Shanty ChoirCorrosion of Conformity - Good God / Baad ManSunn O))) - Sunn O)))Poison Ruïn - Hymns From the HillsLantlôs - Nowhere In Between ForeverKnumears - DirectionsMasca - Love LettersLavaLove - Tan LinesNervosa - Slave MachineCommitment - Fear OfJarboe - SightingsAngine de Poitrine - Vol.II

TNM March reviews bag just catches the most brain-breaking, beautiful return as Neurosis emerge with a whole new album, alongside another return from Poison the Well, Lamb of God, Gaerea, Hellripper, Aggressive Perfector, Mallavora, & Sweet Pill.Neurosis 11:30Poison the Well 56:10Lamb of God 1:17:13Gaerea 1:39:08Hellripper 1:59:30Aggressive Perfector 2:15:00Mallavora 2:25:00Sweet Pill 2:31:51

Muse beam back down to us with their new album announcement, along with music from Black Veil Brides, Stormkeep, and Dropkick Murphys/Haywire, there's a live report from deathcore central with Bodysnatcher, Ingested, Psycho-Frame and Big Ass Truck, and we pay tribute to Motörhead's second-longest serving member Phil Campbell.Releases:Poison the Well - Peace In PlaceExodus - GoliathGaerea - LossFilth is Eternal - Impossible WorldGladie - No Need to Be LonelyStainless - Lady of Lust and SteelEgregore - It Echoes in the WildThe Silver - Looking Glass Hymnal BlueGutvoid - Liminal ShrinesMclusky - I Sure Am Getting Sick of this Bowling AlleyAnnul Noir - InexistenceDropkick Murphys / Haywire - New England Forever

A curtain of biblical darkness falls upon Album Club in the unofficial Sabbath album The Devil You Know by Heaven & Hell, 16 Horsepower's dark country classic Sackcloth 'n' Ashes, Cave In's space rock leap Jupiter, and metalcore pioneers Integrity making their most no fucks given record Howling, for the Nightmare Shall Consume.This episode was originally published March 2025 on patreon.com/thatsnotmetal.

New singles from the likes of Gouge Away, Drug Church, and Devin Townsend hit our ears, epic metal heroes Eternal Champion surprise drop a bold and ambitious new EP, and there's hardcore drama cause when is there not?Releases:Lamb of God - Into OblivionAngus McSix - Angus McSix and the All-Seeing Astral EyeSweet Pill - Still There’s a GlowShoreline - Is This the Low Point or the Moment After?UnityTX - Somewhere, In BetweenGong - Bright SpiritMonstrosity - Screams from Beneath the SurfaceNo/Más - No PeaceWolfbastard - Satanic Scum PunksTransilvania - Magic PosthumaWitchcraft - A Sinner’s ChildEternal Champion - Friend of War

Basement, Blackbraid, and Portrayal of Guilt give us a diverse pack of new songs to chew in, questions on what is the greatest musical city and generationally phased out songs, and we respond to the news that industrial giants Godflesh are hanging up their live instruments for good.Releases:Rob Zombie - The Great SatanCarpenter Brut - Leather TempleThe Gloom in the Corner - Royal DiscordanceNothing - A Short History of DecayFinal Gasp - New Day SymptomsMatador - Above, Below and SoHarrowed - The Eternal HungerPossession - The Mother of DarknessNecrofier - Transcend Into OblivionErra - silence outlives the earthLost Society - Hell is a State of MindWhiplash - ThrashquakeSurfbort - Reality StarTemple of Void - The CrawlBosse-de-Nage - Hidden Fires Burn HottestVreid - The Skies Turn BlackBlackbraid - Nocturnal WombBlack Stone Cherry - CelebrateMoon Tooth - BastardNailed Shut MA - A Promise Made, A Promise Kept

This month brings us one of the most daunting, monolithic, and outlandish reviews bags we've ever had, as we tackle Converge, Sylosis, Mayhem, Worm, Pony, Cryptic Shift, Hällas, and Killing Pace. Slap on your spacesuit, we're adventure rocking.Converge 27:36Sylosis 56:02Mayhem 1:12:56Worm 1:30:33Pony 1:43:00Cryptic Shift 1:52:40Hällas 2:12:10Killing Pace 2:30:20

Party time at TNM: the mythical drought comes to an end, alongside new tracks from the Foo Fighters and Don Broco/Nickelback and grand line-up unveilings from Arch Enemy and Nevermore.Releases:Sylosis - The New FleshNew Found Glory - Listen Up!Killing Pace - HCPMExhumed - Red AsphaltCoscradh - Carving the Causeway to the OtherworldThe Magus - DaemonosophiaLead Injector - Witching Attack

Hyperblasts is back to cover what we missed from the Grammys, UK live shows from Home Front to Korpiklaani, Knocked Loose and Denzel Curry's collab single, and the discussion around While She Sleeps' video announcement for their stepping back from touring.Releases:Hällas - PanoramaSoftcult - When a Flower Doesn’t GrowKarnivool - In VesesPuscifer - Normal Isn’tTailgunner - Midnight BlitzTumour - Human SalvageUncultivates - This Will Become Clear Later, Like the French RevolutionMayhem - Liturgy of DeathNight of the Vampire - The Enchanting Winds of the Dreamweaving MasqueradeKanonenfieber - SoldatenschicksalePower Snatch - EP1Afraid to Die - Hell is a Place In My MindPredatory Void - Atoned In MetamorphosisInfinite Misery - Altar of Extracted TeethConverge - Love is Not EnoughTX2 - End of UsAngel Du$t - COLD 2 THE TOUCHMariachi El Bronx - Mariachi El Bronx IVPony - Clearly CursedYakkie - Kill The Cop Inside Your HeadWorm - NecropalaceFossilization - Advent of WoundsGuilt Trip - God Forgives

Looking back at the records January gave us we give an honest assessment of the final album from Megadeth, alongside Kreator, Urne, Møl, Joyce Manor, The Ruins of Beverast, and Backengrillen. Thanks for all the riffs, MegaDave.Megadeth 20:11Kreator 1:06:31Urne 1:22:47Møl 1:38:35Joyce Manor 1:49:44The Ruins of Beverast 2:02:15Backengrillen 2:14:11